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David W. Bennett, Ph.D.

Common Ground Communication

Speaking Topics:

1. Connect and succeed

2. Creating common ground connections

Dave provides participants with guidelines in how to establish common ground and in creating "connections" with the people with whom they communicate in their personal and professional lives.

In a time with the world seems divided, we need to change our focus to emphasizing communication skills that will bring us closer together and help to resolve differences with others. When we combine common ground and connections into a common ground connections approach, we use existing skills to greater advantage.

A re-invention of our communication isn't needed. Instead, people focus on using two skills that they already use--establishing common ground and creating connections. This approach merely combines these skills into one approach and asks people to use them more deliberately and more often than they currently do. Their current communication supports them in their efforts to change to a common ground connections approach.

This presentation highly involves participants in really understanding two under utilized skills--common ground and connections. Participants will get out of their seats and interact with others and the presenter. They will feel what it's like to utilize their existing communication skills to greater advantage.

All interactions are processed at an individual participant level. That is, there are general lessons to be learned, but each participant will have a roadmap to follow when they go back to their jobs or the future interactions in their personal lives.

Adapting our communication in this way is something each of us can do right now. It starts with creating common ground connections with our immediate circle of friends, family, and work colleagues. It can then spread to our community, state, and even our country. Everything we do and think affects the people in our lives and their reactions in turn affect others with an endless stream of possible outcomes. We become a catalyst for change in the United States.

Based on the books:

1. Connect and succeed: A communication style to engage and motivate your employees (Amazon).

2. Creating common ground connections, healing divisiveness (in print, Taylor and Francis).

www.common-ground-communication.org

(317) 986-4201

Current position (1)

Owner

Common Ground Communications

Degrees (2)

Ph.D.--Interpersonal and Organizational Communication

Ohio University

1982 to 1985

Master's degree--Interpersonal communication

Central Michigan University

1971

Presentations

Presentations (2)

Creating Common Ground Connections: Healing Divisiveness

In a time when the world seems divided, what will help bring everyone back together? It starts with how we communicate with one another in our personal and business lives.
Creating common ground connections combines people's existing skills of establishing common ground and "connecting" with others. Everyone uses these skills all the time. People know it results in more effective and understandable communication between people. But too often we don't consciously use these skills--they just happen. Why not use common ground connections all the time?
Adapting people's personal communication in this way is something each of us can do right now. It starts with creating common ground connections with our immediate circle of friends and family and spreads to our work colleagues.
This presentation is highly interactive giving participants a "feel" for how to create common ground connections.

Based on the book: Creating Common Connections, Healing Divisiveness (Routledge, 2023).

A "connect and succeed" management style

This presentation is based on the presenter’s published book: Connect & Succeed: A Communication Style to Engage and Motivate Your Employees. The connect and succeed communication style provides managers with specific actions to follow in improving their communication. The three core actions are: 1) energetic listening, 2) targeted speaking, and 3) creating a common ground connections. The actions provide managers with a straightforward way to improve and enhance their current communication style with individuals and teams in order to increase productivity.